An upgrade of the old Mutant League Football of my youth. They just came out with a dynasty edition where you take a team with all ratings of 40 and try to build a good team out of it. It is pretty fun. Loving the stadiums and the old school gameplay. A lot like NFL Blitz if you played that game back in the day. Just with aliens, skeltons, monsters, orcs and robots. And you can kill the players.

84 hours into AC Odyssey. Its very excellent, and I'm enjoying nearly everything about it. However, one new addition to the series are tough boss battles, where the player is thrown into a confined space with an enemy much who's much stronger. Normally, my tactic is to keep my distance, attack with the bow, and hide while I heal, for as long as that takes, but now there are battles where that isn't an option. After spending first 45 minutes, then another half an hour failing last night, I'm getting close to temporarily knocking it down to easy mode and just getting through it.

There are rumors that the PS5 will not only be backwards compatible for the PS4, or even the PS3, but the PS2 and original PS also. I'm not going to get too excited until we have more to go on, but its extremely exciting, and would push up my purchase to Day One if true.

There are rumors that the PS5 will not only be backwards compatible for the PS4, or even the PS3, but the PS2 and original PS also. I'm not going to get too excited until we have more to go on, but its extremely exciting, and would push up my purchase to Day One if true.

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I'd love to revisit some games on the PS1 and PS2 (never finished the Breath of Fires past the 2nd one, and would love to actually finish Suikoden 3)!

There are rumors that the PS5 will not only be backwards compatible for the PS4, or even the PS3, but the PS2 and original PS also. I'm not going to get too excited until we have more to go on, but its extremely exciting, and would push up my purchase to Day One if true.

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Treat that rumor with EXTREME skepticism. If true, it would probably just consist of hardware PS4 compatibility with an expanded PS Store library of PS1 through PS3 games.

I completed AC Odessey this evening. 120 hours of play time. Fantastic game in so many ways. Deep story, maybe the biggest play world of any game I've ever seen, terrific graphics, wonderful character models that are very lifelike, and excellent gameplay and control.

My only real complaint is that the game perhaps gives the player too much freedom. There are three main questlines to complete, and the game doesn't do much in the way of suggesting the order that you should take them on. One is clearly optional however also clearly enticing if you want to dig into the deeper story. I did that one first, and now regret it, because I never really got an ending to the game. Apparently, there is supposed to be a point where the credits roll, like all other AC games, then it takes you back and you can continue playing if you wish.....but that never happened.

I did some research, and apparently its not just me. I found others who laid out doing the exact same things that I did and having the same problem. No real solution, unfortunately. And so while the gamer likely understands that they have done all that they really can with the storyline, it just kind of stops like any other quest and.....thats it. No epilogue, no closure, no conversations with the other surviving characters, no wrapup of your relationships, no anything. Pretty weak. Ubisoft needed to at least lend some kind of warning or guidance. Not as bad as ME3, but still left with a worse taste in my mouth than I should, after putting so much time into such an amazing experience.

I'm about halfway through Red Dead, and that includes hunting for all of the things for the camp/trapper and doing the ambient challenges. I'm doing the main story missions in the Louisiana/Florida map biomes and they are super cool.

Can't help but think there's some missed opportunities going on in the tertiary towns in the northern part of the map. I've done maybe one mission in the AWESOME town of Strawberry (think proto-Aspen), none in Annesburg, none in Van Horn Trading Post. These are always very awesome settings with their own backstories. Strawberry has a corrupt mayor, Van Horn is poor as all hell, and I don't know if the game is going to do anything with them, but we'll see. If Rockstar's intention was to use these areas for only online content, then that's a problem.

I'm about halfway through Red Dead, and that includes hunting for all of the things for the camp/trapper and doing the ambient challenges. I'm doing the main story missions in the Louisiana/Florida map biomes and they are super cool.

Can't help but think there's some missed opportunities going on in the tertiary towns in the northern part of the map. I've done maybe one mission in the AWESOME town of Strawberry (think proto-Aspen), none in Annesburg, none in Van Horn Trading Post. These are always very awesome settings with their own backstories. Strawberry has a corrupt mayor, Van Horn is poor as all hell, and I don't know if the game is going to do anything with them, but we'll see. If Rockstar's intention was to use these areas for only online content, then that's a problem.

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Yeah, I've personally given up on Rockstar due to their focus on online. They flat out lied about GTA.

Yeah, I've personally given up on Rockstar due to their focus on online. They flat out lied about GTA.

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I had a great experience with GTAV single-player and also enjoyed it online once all of the heists were released. I played them with my closest friends, it was a blast. They never came out with any more though. My belief is the money you got from completing them prevented people from engaging in microtransactions, so they didn't bother, which is ashame.

I never bought Red Dead for the multiplayer. It seems like progression is pretty ****ed from what I read.

I had a great experience with GTAV single-player and also enjoyed it online once all of the heists were released. I played them with my closest friends, it was a blast. They never came out with any more though. My belief is the money you got from completing them prevented people from engaging in microtransactions, so they didn't bother, which is ashame.

I never bought Red Dead for the multiplayer. It seems like progression is pretty ****ed from what I read.

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I've got absolutely zero interest in multiplayer personally. I only want games for single player, offline story mode. So like I said, their games just aren't for me anymore.

I've got absolutely zero interest in multiplayer personally. I only want games for single player, offline story mode. So like I said, their games just aren't for me anymore.

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Still a great single-player experience to be had in the newest Red Dead, between the random things you can find in the open world that I won't spoil, the litany of extras things you can pursue, the varied settings, and the stressful and foreboding tone of the main narrative, it's still a very good game.

It is, however, a slower affair. I have to mix some Rocket League every once in awhiIe.

Still a great single-player experience to be had in the newest Red Dead, between the random things you can find in the open world that I won't spoil, the litany of extras things you can pursue, the varied settings, and the stressful and foreboding tone of the main narrative, it's still a very good game.

It is, however, a slower affair. I have to mix some Rocket League every once in awhiIe.

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The only two story-based game that I've just given up on, put down and never gone back to was the previous Read Dead. Its just not for me, I think.

The only two story-based game that I've just given up on, put down and never gone back to was the previous Read Dead. Its just not for me, I think.

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Hey, that's fair! Conversely, I can't get into the Assassin's Creeds any more. I'll get one every other installment and then get bored with it after awhile. It's almost like people have different tastes!

I finished Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. Really solid, beautiful game that plays just like the others in the series. The change this time is that you play as Chloe Frasier, rather than Nathan Drake. She had been a supporting character in several of the previous entries.

Its a short game. I finished it in six days, at under 8 hours of game play. I would compare it to a really good DLC for Uncharted 4 rather than a full game itself, something along the lines of what The Witcher 3 had. Maybe 1/3 of the gameplay and length of the others in the series. I'm glad that I picked it up for $18 about a year and a half after it came out rather than full price. But still, really solid, and enjoyable game.

Chloe is voiced by the always wonderful Claudia Black, and the character's appearance is partly based on her own. However, I couldn't help keep being stuck by how extremely similar the character is in so many ways to Cate Blanchett's portrayal of Hela in Thor: Ragnarok. Its uncanny! But the people at Naughty Dog did a phenomenal job of creating a beautiful game and the characters are absolutely top notch in look and actions.